Webster's Dictionary 1828

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AQUATINTA

AQUATINT'A, noun [aqua, water. See tincture.]A method of etching on copper, by which a beautiful effect is produced, resembling a fine drawing in water colors or Indian ink. Thi...

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AQUEDUCT

AQ'UEDUCT, noun [Latin aqua, water, and ductus, a pipe or canal, from duco, to lead. See Duke.]A structure made for conveying water from one place to another over uneven ground;...

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AQUEOUS

A'QUEOUS, adjective Watery; partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it.

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AQUEOUSNESS

A'QUEOUSNESS, noun The quality of being watery; waterishness; wateriness.

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AQUILA

AQ'UILA, noun [Latin whence aquilinus.]In ornithology, the eagle. Also a northern constellation containing, according to the British catalogue, 71 stars.

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AQUILINE

AQ'UILINE, adjective [Latin aquilinus. See aquila.]1. Belonging to the eagle.2. Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle.

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AQUILON

AQ'UILON, noun [Latin aquilo.] The north wind.

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AQUITANIAN

AQUITA'NIAN, adjective Pertaining to Aquitania, one of the great divisions of Gaul, which, according to Cesar, lay between the Garonne, the Pyrenees and the Ocean. In modern day...

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ARABESKY

ARABESK'Y, adjective [See Arabian.]1. In the manner of the Arabians; applied to ornaments consisting of imaginary foliage, stalks, plants, etc., in which there are no figures of...

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ARABESQUE

ARABESQUE,ARA'BIAN, adjective [See the noun.] Pertaining to Arabia.ARA'BIAN, noun [Arab denotes a wanderer, or a dweller in a desert.] A native of Arabia; an Arab.

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ARABIAN

ARA'BIAN, a. [See the noun.] Pertaining to Arabia.ARA'BIAN, n. [Arab denotes a wanderer, or a dweller in a desert.] A native of Arabia; an Arab.

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ARABIC

AR'ABIC, adjective Belonging to Arabia, or the language of its inhabitants.AR'ABIC, noun The language of the Arabians.

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ARABICALLY

ARAB'ICALLY, adverb In the Arabian manner.

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ARABISM

AR'ABISM, noun An Arabic idiom or peculiarity of language.

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ARABIST

AR'ABIST, noun One well versed in Arabic literature.

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ARABLE

AR'ABLE, adjective [Latin aro, Gr. to plow.]Fit for plowing or tillage; hence often applied to land which has been plowed.

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ARABY

AR'ABY, noun Arabia.

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ARACHNOID

ARACH'NOID, adjective [Gr. a spider, and from; Heb. to weave, that is to stretch, to draw out; Eng. reach.]In anatomy, the arachnoid tunic, or arachnoid is a semitransparent thi...

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ARACHOSIAN

ARACHO'SIAN, adjective Designating a chain of mountains which divide Persia from India.

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ARAIGNEE

ARAIGNEE' or ARRA'IGN, noun ardin.In fortification, the branch, return or gallery of a mine.

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ARAISE

ARA'ISE, verb transitive To raise. [Not used.]

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ARAMEAN

ARAME'AN, adjective Pertaining to Aram, a son of Shem, or to the Chaldeans.

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ARAMISM

AR'AMISM, noun An idiom of the Aramean or Chaldee language; a Chaldaism.

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ARANEOUS

ARA'NEOUS, adjective [Latin aransea, a spider, or cobweb.] Resembling a cobweb.

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ARAUCANIAN

ARAUCA'NIAN, a Pertaining to the Araucanians, a tribe of aboriginals, inhabiting Arauco, in Chili.

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ARBALIST

'ARBALIST, noun [From arcus, a bow, and balista, Latin, an engine to throw stones; Gr. to throw.]A cross-bow. This consists of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with...

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ARBALISTER

'ARBALISTER, noun A cross-bowman.